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In a relationship or relationship, both parties come with their baggage. Being aware of it makes the journey less painful.
We are not perfect. We require unlearning and learning in long courtships.
Many times disagreement emerges because of the baggage.
We are all busy with our daily life.
The daily chores end up making our life hectic and stressful.
Some of us pick hobbies like running, dancing, singing, etc.
A few pick alcohol or drugs as an aid to forget reality or challenges in life temporarily.
Our exit gateway should rejuvenate us to live our real life more ferociously. Pick your gateway wisely.
In a relationship or in business, priority takes precedence over emotions. Why will someone buy your product when they have no pain? Or why will someone buy your product when they have no money to pay?
Why will someone get attached to you when they are not emotionally available and; when their constant struggle is everyday survival?
We see the world with our lens and perimeter instead every stakeholder.
There is a monster within which keeps nudging. It gets harsh at times and makes us go mad. At other times it gives us all the peaceful melody.
Our focus, concentration, and every habit get affected by this nudge, this sound, or the feeling.
Have you tried locking in the room and sitting for a few hours without doing anything, free from all distractions?
Try doing it, and you will get to meet that monster.
It took me some time to realize the difference between a hot lead and a qualified lead or a waste of time. I have a software developer background and have picked sales and customer support roles in my hand. It helps me map customer pain and build a product.
In limited marker size, being focused and serving believers helps. The default wisdom of mass mailing or advertisement does not work.
In the noisy and glamorous world of unicorns and fundraising, solving customer pain and delighting them gets missed.
You have to pick your field and ace accordingly.
Bhagwad Gita says that expectation is evil & cause of all our misery. Epictetus talks about things in your control is your consciousness.
We are living in a society trapped with materialistic needs and making everyone happy around us. Marriage and relationships with loved ones have turned into a transaction. We have gone into undefined wants and needs causing enormous pain ourselves.
What actions of others will make us sad, unhappy, or pleasureful: even we don’t know. The expectation of respect, reciprocity, power, and love from others makes us sicker.
I am halfway through “the body keeps its score.” It talks about the human mind and trauma. In one chapter author talks about how traumatic childhood results in making a monster as an adult. The negligence of parents resulting in physical torture and sexual abuse leaving a scar for life.
It takes a village to raise a child, a famous quote. We live in a fast pace & matchbox (apartments) in isolation makes it traumatic for the baby. When everyone is working and busy, the kid becomes a piece of furniture. They miss love and care for their emotional growth.
Your kid ends up growing immature and emotionally imbalanced and does more havoc on society. So be very careful before deciding to raise a child.
Your kid needs more than a babysitter, cartoon network, and YouTube ad-free on mobile. They need all your attention, love, comfort, and care.
Some of my friends are wise. They have adopted cats instead of having a kid because they know how impossible it will be for them to raise kids.
We are in funding winter.
Companies are firing left and right.
Every founder is trying to survive somehow.
The treadmill of growth is at a standstill.
EdTech or HealthTech are suffering because they expanded, built solutions, or burnt millions giving freebies. They went ahead to increase the market size for valuation.
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.
— Warren Buffet.
We are in the phase now where most companies who forgot their core are suffering. An EdTech firm should impart quality education, not tablets. A D2C skin care brand should focus on innovation in product quality not discounts.
I found these tweets very relevant in current time.
I have been seeing CVs of freshers for the last 5-6 years for hiring at our firm. I consistently see a trend of hype element in it. I am not sure if it is the student, college, or faculty who drives this.
From blockchain to crypto to AI/ML to DevOps, whatever is hot in the season, CVs get crafted accordingly. It goes against the fundamentals of hiring.
One can get an interview or even clear it. But in due course, what matters is performance. So these hype terms and all should not matter. Instead, the focus should be on learning the fundamentals of the database, web development, and product development paradigm.
As a budding software developer, your Github, Gitlab, or code contribution to some open-source project should speak for you.
The hype machine and swimming in it for a career are not sustainable in the long run.
One part of my brain cannot comprehend seeing P&L and cash flow-related stories of popular startups news like Meesho, Fi, Snapdeal and dozen others.
Like their cash burn, why these companies exist, or if a bot had replaced the founders, companies might have burnt less cash. But the other side speaks another story.
The reason startup exists is to build high-growth companies that attain market leadership, becomes defacto, and brings innovative technology play. The resource and technology required come at a price. What works and what does not in a short period.
You have to fly or die quickly. It is like a race where everyone invests in repetitive winners.
The people putting money into these ideas are private players and AIFs. So even if all ideas fail, the country is not going into recession.
Most employees working in these companies are well paid; some bring their generation out of poverty by constructing houses, buying lands, or saving enough for higher studies.
In short, these startups are making dreams come true for some by employing them in all sectors, sizes, and classes, be it a white or blue color.